I earn my living (and it's decent) making music, and do most of my work on my macbook pro (outside of recording so, writing, post-production, mixing), and i've only done clean installs twice over the years (and no longer). It' the work that needs to be accessible, not the OS. with your suggestion, someone boots back into lion to do what? what if they're running a logic version that needs a newer OS? if your work is backed up somewhere (or just on an external drive, which should also be backed up), you can access it, without having to boot into an older OS. nothing wrong with what you're saying, just don't believe it's essential. Nothing personal, really (and i'll let it go after this), and. To buy a decent SSD drive costs the same as approx 4 hours work, it's just a no brainer compared to the scenario of having to roll-back midway through starting an upgrade - but totally appreciate this approach isn't for everyone. To undo everything you've done and revert back to a time machine is totally counter-productive as you lose your new install. Putting a new drive in, for a projected 4-5 year use also gives you some confidence in a reliable system, but most importantly if you have a customer/client needing you to go back into an old project you can boot from your old drive in the caddy and do what you need to do/fetch the data you need. You can organise your system/projects better, make a log of software and related keys/authorisations - the knowledge you gain from doing a fresh install really is invaluable. folder organisation, ensure backup plans (Local/cloud etc) has everything covered, and you have a method for archiving. The system will run quicker and more stable, as the bloat/failing files are removed.īut one of the biggest factors, is that it gives you a chance to review your general setup (i.e. As the OP appears to stay on the same OS for as long as possible, it's well worth a fresh install as the time invested up front provides smoother sailing throughout the subsequent years. Well, depends if you rely on your machine for an income or not, and how often you upgrade is a big factor too.įrom Lion -> Sierra is one hell of a jump and OSX fundamentals have changed significantly in that time. it's not essential to do a clean install (altho, of course, it is essential to back everything up first). what? no need to install an ssd just to upgrade the OS, and no harm just upgrading. and see what crops up, and deal with it then. reboot, run any other apple updates waiting for you. in general, incompatible apps won't run.Īll i'm saying is start simple. Incompatible drivers can be problematic, and can be removed. keychain should not freak out (although anything's possible). and nothing wrong with a pop email account mine has always been one. ![]() ![]() ![]() And yes, it costs money, unfortunately - but if you're not running SSD already you will see dramatic performance increases, one of the best upgrades (And at the right time for you?) you can do on that machine for not a great deal of money really. Just my experience leads me to say this, and i've access to several machines so more chance of having a bad experience has lead me to experience more possibly. You can fix some things and they break again after a restart, for example. ![]() When's all said and done, it's usually quicker, mentally better, and more structured to install fresh than trawl through google pages looking for errors and issues you're having if an upgrade fails. it can become a horrible mess, and throughout yosemite onwards the keychains can start to freak out during upgrades if you're not running everything standard. Modern OS's are becoming more and more optimised for SSD speeds, not to mention migrating across so many OSX versions in one step could cause you no end of problems, such as with email if you have any on there (Particularly if you're running a POP3 account which apple don't recommend/want you to use anymore), and incompatible apps/drivers etc. Or revert to a time machine backup on to your newly installed SSD. 'if' you go for a Sierra upgrade i'd personally consider a fresh install - whack an SSD in your MacBook, and house the existing one in an external caddy so you can access your old files, and install everything fresh - if things go wrong you can always pop the old drive back in. If you've not tried, then give it a go - not a clue how it runs on OSX Lion, but if it installs Chrome is like an OS within itself, and should work, even if it involves you adding the pepper extension manually. If you're upgrading your audio machine, purely based on web content, i'd be more inclined to try running Chrome if you've not tried already, as it has Adobe (Presume you mean Flash?) player built in and doesn't rely on the OS's adobe install.
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